Japanese Works of Art - 1st July 2020
Lot 399
λ FOUR JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE OF MONKEYS MEIJI PERIOD
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £3200
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Description
λ FOUR JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE OF MONKEYS
MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
One primate quizzically looking at a bug climbing on the fruit before it; another eating a large persimmon; the third with its young and the last wrestling with a large eagle, two with signatures for Masatomo and Tadamitsu, 5.2cm max. (4)
Provenance: from the collection of a lady of title, and thence by descent.